Leucine and α-ketoisocaproic acid, but not norleucine, stimulate skeletal muscle protein synthesis in neonatal pigs

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1418-1424

  Escobar, Jeffery ^a,c   Frank, Jason W ^a,d   Suryawan, Agus ^a   Nguyen, Hanh V ^a   Van Horn, Cynthia G ^b   Hutson, Susan M ^b,c   Davis, Teresa A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Diamond V Mills   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOISOCAPROIC ACID; INITIATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR 4E BINDING PROTEIN 1; INITIATION FACTOR 4G; LEUCINE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NORLEUCINE; SKELETAL MUSCLE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2 OXOISOVALERATE DEHYDROGENASE (LIPOAMIDE); ALPHA-KETOISOCAPROIC ACID; AMINO ACID; INSULIN; OXOACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM;

EUKARYOTA; SUIDAE;

3-METHYL-2-OXOBUTANOATE DEHYDROGENASE (LIPOAMIDE); AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTORS; INSULIN; KETO ACIDS; LEUCINE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NORLEUCINE; SWINE;

EID: 77955284087     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.123042     Document Type: Article

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